Systemic herpes simplex virus infection in a child with eczema herpeticum

Mami Akamatsu; Yoshiki Kawamura; Hiroki Miura; Erina Sugimoto; Kaoru Okamoto; Yoichi Nakajima; Kei Kozawa; Gen Furukawa; Makito Tanaka; Kazuko Kudo; Tetsushi Yoshikawa

doi:10.1111/pde.15253

Systemic herpes simplex virus infection in a child with eczema herpeticum

Pediatr Dermatol. 2023 May-Jun;40(3):582-583. doi: 10.1111/pde.15253. Epub 2023 Jan 22.

Authors

Mami Akamatsu^{1

2}, Yoshiki Kawamura^{1

3}, Hiroki Miura^{1

4}, Erina Sugimoto¹, Kaoru Okamoto¹, Yoichi Nakajima¹, Kei Kozawa¹, Gen Furukawa¹, Makito Tanaka¹, Kazuko Kudo¹, Tetsushi Yoshikawa¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan.
² Department of Pediatrics, Kariya Toyota General Hospital, Kariya, Japan.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Fujita Health University Okazaki Medical Center, Okazaki, Japan.
⁴ Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Sacramento, USA.

PMID: 36682743
DOI: 10.1111/pde.15253

Abstract

Eczema herpeticum (EH) is a disseminated cutaneous infection with herpes simplex virus (HSV) that develops in patients with atopic dermatitis. The kinetics and clinical significance of HSV viremia in EH are poorly understood. Herein, we report HSV DNAemia in a child with EH 12 months after the completion of chemotherapy for Hodgkin lymphoma.

Keywords: atopic dermatitis; eczema herpeticum; herpes simplex virus; immunocompetent; viremia.

MeSH terms

Child
Dermatitis, Atopic* / complications
Dermatitis, Atopic* / drug therapy
Herpes Simplex* / complications
Herpes Simplex* / diagnosis
Herpes Simplex* / drug therapy
Humans
Kaposi Varicelliform Eruption* / complications
Kaposi Varicelliform Eruption* / diagnosis
Kaposi Varicelliform Eruption* / drug therapy
Simplexvirus